Continuing State
Criminality - Sri Lanka
First of all, I extend my deepest sympathies to all the
families who have lost their loved one and saviors of the family, during the
violence escalated on the 9th of May 2022; I am not prepared to
isolate people’s representatives and civilians in this respect, because
people’s representatives always claim that they always at the side of the
people. My deepest commiserations to all who have been affected by that unfortunate
vehemence.
I
was watching the 2022 May 9th escalation of violence since the attack
on the nonviolent protestors at Temple Trees and Galle Face and the way the
commotion emancipated in Nittambuwe almost live, through TV channels and
Internet media. Thereafter, since 2022 May 17th I was also watching the live telecast of
Parliamentary sessions very intensely
IGP
Sri Lanka Police has sent a report to Defense or Law and Order Secretary to the
effect of, out of 189 Police OICs appointed latest, 182 are political
appointees, almost equally same number without facing an interview, now the question
arises why the people’s representatives, who ostensibly claim that they always with
the people, need OICs to be their side? When we compare these facts provided by
the IGP with the intensity of violence on the 9th of May 2022 and
later, you can gather and assert the reason for the public anger and the way it
was manifested. It is very clear people has been under rule of terror for
3 or 4 months smoking beneath and have been searching for means and ways to
liberate their mounting anger against the terror rule some or the other way. Another
fact IGP revealed was more than 50 OICs among those political appointees are
connected to the Drug kingpins, and I wonder who prevents the IGP in taking legal
action despite his brave decision to reveal all these information against the State Criminal Activities. Parliamentarians of the ruling party spoke
about the supremacy of the Rule of Law, when they are at the receiving end, while
keeping the OICs of their areas within their pockets.
I
refrained from writing about Nittambuwe Incident, until Kehelia Rambukwella, now
Minister of Health spoke out in parliament, thank you very much, Honorable
Minister, we all know about your capability to reveal (nokiya kiyanna) without
actually telling it. He quoted about a journalist to reveal the same in the emancipation
of Nittambuwe violence which went to the different level, due to the people’s
representative Late Amaraweera Aththukorala or his Late body guard or both of them shooting at the people who were about to
surround his vehicle, as a retaliatory response; people were very angry and
have come to the streets when information spread through mobile phones that the, State has criminally mobilized against nonviolent Mina Go Gama and Gotta Go
Gama, as these protest areas were very popular among the whole Island public. This same shooting incident claimed the life
of at least two after critically injuring 6 civilians. It is a criminal offence
to use the guns against any civilians even if you are a parliamentarian; in
this case public have been already volatile for some time due to the
deprivations of essential commodities and due to the inhumane attack on the peaceful
protesters against the preceded reason suggested. This shooting itself by a
Parliament Member and by his body guard further aggravated the volatile
situation as the information spread throughout the island through the modern
technology.
People
were shocked that a parliament member who have been elected to serve them
turning the guns against them. As such
there is no point in blaming any other political parties, because deprivations
of essential commodities have affected all sectors of people including
political party members other than Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, as revealed by
the ransacking of many Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna members.
Coming back to Nittambuwe Incident, I
saw a CCTV footage that showed Late MP and the Late body guard escaping from the
place of shooting, one of them wielding a pistol, while on the run pistol was
changed hands. The same CCTV footage didn’t show any civilians chasing the
both. When I changed my TV channel to Indian News TV channels, on the same day,
it reported the Late Polonnaruwa District MP’s demise as the way, Kehelia
Rambukwella Honorable Minister of Health revealed in the Parliament quoting
Journalist Manjula Basnayake.
Following
day, the morning news of Indian Channels as well reported that the death of
Polonnaruwa District MP’ due to gun short injuries after shooting at the
protestors and finished the reporting, as the same way Kehelia Rambukwella
Honorable Minister of Health revealed in the Parliament quoting Journalist
Manjula Basnayake. This same news could have been picked up by some other International
News channels in the same way as well. Kehelia Rambukwella tactfully surfaced
the issue very appropriately in the August Sabah of Parliament, as this issue directly
involves how the medical profession is applied to the society and the integrity of medical education within Sri Lanka, as such It is very much appropriate,
he was bestowed as Honorable Minister of Health Affairs later as he was just a
Parliament Member when he made that important statement. Economic crisis and
civil unrest shouldn’t be a reason to slip away the criminal procedure applications,
particularly by the rulers.
1. It is a criminal offense to cover or
attempting to cover the actual incident particularly when the incident
culminated fatally.
2. It is a criminal offence to fabricate a
murder charge on anyone
3. Ignoring murders when particularly gun shooting
has taken place as of due of civil commotion as well a criminal offense.
4. It is an offense of criminality to force/subject
the Forensic Medical officer to change the actual reason of death, by any means
and this is not new to Rajapaksha Family rulers, as has been revealed during Thajuddin
Murder case during good governance government.
5. Government Forensic medical officer covering
up the actual reason or being part of fabricating murder case is as well are
criminal offenses,
6. It is a criminal offence to randomly arrest
civilians on the orders of any politicians
7. The
real perpetrators of the attack on Gall Face nonviolent protestors that incited the 2022 May 9th
island wide violence, freely roaming despite Magisterial
orders for to act with rationale.
Whenever
Antare and IUSF are coming, if Police is capable of obtaining court orders on
all the occasions, why did Police and Military and other intelligence agencies
fail to identify the intentions of the Rajapaksha supporters and attack? What
did the police and army do to prevent or pre-empt, except for accompanying the pro
Government protestors carrying, manhandling weapons?
All the above questions suggest that Galle Face attack was
preplanned and with the blessings of ex-Prime Minister, and his son, Johnston
Fernando Sanath Nisantha, Secretary of Defense, Army Commander, IGP, senior DIG Desha
Bandu Tennakoon, Intelligence Agencies and senior police officers in the area.
Conclusion- As we are all aware, it was an undemocratic,
inhuman, unethical and unacceptable Government sponsored terror attack on
peaceful young strugglers at Galle Face that led to all the pandemonium later.
All these have to be summed up and compared
with an incident on 17th May 2022, within the Parliament, just when Parliamentary Session about to start, in which Prof. Channa Jeyasumana MP and two
other MPs Indika Anuradha and D. Weerasinghe attacked two media reporters who have been accomplishing their duty within
Parliament since 1999, Prof. Jeyasumana and accompanies forcefully pushed the reporters
back to the wall and confiscated their mobile phones, saying all problem are due to you
all alike and abused with filth as well; what is that you all as people’s representatives wanted to hide from
the public elected you all? What is the criminal activity you all are ashamed
of telling to the people? Transparency is an important part of Democracy and
the electors have right to hear what their representatives saying/doing in the
Parliament.
Most
of the SLPP MPs are decrying that their properties are damaged, but it has been
revealed that, most of the SLPP members and supporters have stored abundant
stocks of essential commodities when mob ransacked the houses and offices, of
SLPP members. This is also a criminal activity, when majority of the population
yearning for these items standing in long queues for long hours, and the people
who voted for them boiling beneath, until the day came to express their fury
and rage.
Following are details of essential commodities
abundantly stored – illegally by SLPPA
Gas tanks, fertilizer, diesel &
dhal found from SLPP politicos' houses:
Large stocks of
chemical fertilizers, gas cylinders, diesel and dhal were found in bulk at the
homes that were destroyed by mobs belonging to former Minister Chamal
Rajapaksa, Johnston Fernando, North Central Province Governor Mahipala Herath,
Kurunegala Mayor Thushara Sanjeewa and Kurunegala Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman
Achala Nimantha.
Around 140 gas
cylinders weighing 12.5 kilograms were found in the homes of former Minister
Johnston Fernando, Kurunegala Mayor Thushara Sanjeewa and Kurunegala Pradeshiya
Sabha Chairman Achala Nimantha which were set on fire by protesters in the
Kurunegala area. It is reported that all these gas cylinders have been taken
away by the people.
There were reportedly
over 80 gas cylinders at former minister Johnston Fernando’s residence on lake
road (Wewa Pará) in Kurunegala as well.
The protesters also
stormed a house belonging to former Minister Chamal Rajapaksa in the Kirinda
Magama area in Tissamaharama and had found 300 bundles of urea fertilizer, 3000
liters of diesel, 200 bundles of paddy and a stock of red dhal which was later
distributed among the people of the area and had set it on fire. The house and
office of this former Minister in Tissamaharama Senapura as well was attacked
and severely damaged by the protesters on Tuesday night (09). All the documents
that were in the office were as well destroyed.
Meanwhile, a group of
angry residents of the area had set fire to a farm belonging to North Central
Province Governor Mahipala Herath at Dimbulagala Bandanagala at around 3 pm
yesterday (10) and caused damage to property, Siripura Police said. The
warehouse on the 50-acre farm contained nearly 400 bags of urea fertilizer and
another stock of chemical fertilizers, which were also seized by farmers. The
protesters had also set fire to several hand tractors that were found in the
farm. The Siripura Police conducting investigations said that a large stock of
paddy that was stored in the farm had been destroyed by the fire.
when you serve the whole the population that is social service, when serve only your political supporters that is selfish political activity.
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